Did Joe Biden walk into an empty plane during prisoner swap with Russia? Watch video
The event, which was meant to welcome the prisoners released by Russia, quickly went viral on social media. Many observers called for the invocation of the 25th Amendment. One comment read, «Where is Joe Biden going? The passengers on this plane have already disembarked.»
Here's the video.
Prisoners exchanged
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed journalist Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans back to the U.S. on Thursday following their release from Russia in a major prisoner exchange, as reported by an AFP journalist. Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were greeted with cheers from family and friends upon landing at Joint Base Andrews near Washington. Each of them shared an embrace with Biden and Harris.
In a dramatic exchange on the tarmac in Turkey's capital, Ankara, 10 Russians, including two minors, were swapped for 16 Westerners and Russians previously imprisoned in Russia. The exchange was the result of months of secret negotiations, involving the release of Russian prisoners from Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, and the U.S., and Western prisoners from Russia and Belarus.
This historic swap was the first between Russia and the West since
